Job summary
- Main area
- Division E-Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-E-248033-RE3
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrooke's Hospital-Division E
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Paediatrics (Clinic 6)
Band 5
Job overview
We are looking for a Paediatric Nurse to join our team across our Paediatric Outpatients Departments.
Our work is extremely diverse and wide ranging and is spread across several areas.
We look after children from 0-15 years old, under a number of specialities including general paediatrics, cardiac, respiratory, spinal surgery, endocrinology and gastroenterology.
Addenbrookes is well respected both locally and as a regional specialist treatment centre.
We provide excellent care across medical and surgical specialities and sub specialities.
Our ethos of child centred care and multi-professional collaboration drives our service, alongside a commitment to family focused teamwork.
We believe in supporting patients, their families and our staff and we offer a diverse range of dedicated paediatric psychosocial and clinical support services
Main duties of the job
· To communicate effectively with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure an optimum level of safe and effective patient care in all Paediatric Outpatient areas.
To assess care needs leading to the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
To participate in a full range of shifts.
To be responsible for all aspects of clinical governance and risk management with outpatient clinics.
To work with the senior nursing team on the agenda for children and young people seen outside of designated paediatric areas.
Working for our organisation
Come Nurse with us…
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close on 9th December 2024
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
A welcome subsidy of £1000 is available to all Band 5 and Band 6 Nurses, Midwives, ODPs and Radiographers and Band 5 Orthoptists taking up substantive employment with the Trust
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN (Child) / RSCN
- Educated to Diploma Level
Desirable criteria
- Degree
- Post registration study relevant to post
- Teaching/ Assessing/ Mentoring module
Experience
Essential criteria
- Some General Paediatric Nursing experience, delivering evidenced based nursing care without supervision to children in an acute hospital setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience in leading a team or in routinely coordinating a shift on a children’s ward/clinic
- Experience in managing a change in clinical practice
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of professional issues
- Evidence of up to date paediatric nursing skills and knowledge
- Good understanding of Safeguarding issues
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of chronic disease management
- Knowledge of community support networks available to children, parents and families
Skills
Essential criteria
- Competent to care for children and their families in a safe and effective manner without direct supervision
- Ability to work effectively in a team
Desirable criteria
- Advocate of paediatric nursing
- Evidence of excellent team work
- Evidence of participation in research and audit projects
Addditional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Together Safe, Kind, Excellent.
- Evidence of effective communication skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Cox
- Job title
- Paeds Outpatients Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 216713
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